Spiral hat-pin.



C. E. ROMBOUGH..

SPIRAL pm PIN. APPLICATION mm per. l2. lag-1.

Patqted Apr. 23,1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 12; 1917. Serial No. 19 ,260.

To all whom it may concern: Be itvknown that 1; CHARLES E. ROM- nouerr, a subject of the King of Great of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful} Improve ments in Spiral Hat-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear,- and exact description ofv the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t ap pertains tomake and use the-same.

This invention relates to improvements in spiral hat pins.

The object of this invention is tovprovide a hat pin which may be permanently attached to a hat and will not become'lost mates sharp protruding points of the pins, now in general use, thus avoiding injury to persons and also more firmly fastening the pin to the hat and hair of the user. a 1

A further object of this invention is to provide a spiral hat pin capable of being rigidly secured to the crownin any desired position in a quick andsimple manner.

A still further object ofthis invention is to provide a hat pin of thischaracter'ivhich is equipped with a pair of bearing plates which holds the pin, against lateral. or vertical movement with r in-.1911, to the hat and at the same time permits it to bemoved into engagement with the hair of the user.

A; still further object of this invention is to provide a hat pin of thischaracten which will be simple practical and comparatively inexpensive in construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

With these and other objects in view,the invention consistsfin, the novel combination, and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims hereto appended. i

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a hat upon a womans head and a portion of the hat being broken away" to illustrate the interior thereof showing the manner in which the spiral, engages the hair,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section illustrating the manner in Which the pir l a P n ss cu it it Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the hat pin, and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one of the bearing plates.

Like numerals of reference designate cor- Britain, residing at Windsorgin the Province Patented ta. as, sle...

responding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the draw ng, the numeral 5 des gnates acrown ofa hat having the usual brim 6 and to the crown of this hat my improved-hatpin is adapted to be applied. by

My improvedhat pin isformed of asingle length of wire or other material; suitable for the purpose and isbent to provide asubstantially vertical shank 7 which has its lower end coiled to provide the convolutions 8 which convolutions are increased toward the lower end. to provide a substantially c0ne-shaped member, The terminal of the wire of the lastconvolution is pointed as at 9 to, facilitate means whereby the coil may be freely rotated into the hair of the user for retaining the hat. upon the head ofthe user.

The vertical shank at its pointof connection with the uppermost convolution or s'p1ral 8 forms a shoulder 10, the which will be hereinafter more fully described. A bearingplate llhas its medial portion offset outwardly to provide a substantially concavo-convex platein cross secpu po e of tion. This plate is arranged on thevertical shank 7 and has its convex face abutting the shoulder 10 of the upper convolution of the spiral 8. The plate. 11 is also fitted to abut the inner side of the crown 5 of the hat.

The second plate 11 is identical in construction to the first named plate and is fitted on the vertical shank 7 and has its flange engaging the upper side or exterior of the crown of the hat and is secured to the hat and other plate by means of a suit able fastening means extending through the openings 12 wh ch are formed 111 each ofthe pl ates.

The upper end of the vertical shank 7 is then coiled to provide theshoulder 13 which engages the convex surface of the upper plate 11 thus retaining the pin attached to the hat for rotation andat the same time prevents axial vertical movement of the shank with relation to the crown and plate and also eliminates: lateral. movement of the shank with relation thereto. a

The coil 13 has its terminal extended up wardly in a vertical plane as at 14 and; has

secured thereon a suitable manipulating member 15 which may be of any suitable configuration or ornamentation suitable for the purpose.

It will be apparent that a hat pin conand lateral movement by virtue of the shoulders and 13 formed at the upper and; lower ends of the shank. engage the plates lland this will prevent the wabbling ,oflthe hat or tiltingof the hat on the head of a'person. It will also be apparent that it is only necessary to twist the member 15 in a clockwise direction, thus urging the point 9 into the hair until a suiiicient number of the coils 8 are located Within the hair thus retaining thehat upon the head of the user. It only being necessary when it is desired to remove the hat from the head of the user to tumor twist thehead 15 in a counterclockwise direction, thus disengaging the coils 8, from the hair of the user.

. It will befurthernoted that by virtue of thisconstruction that the hat :pin is permanently secured to the hat and all-fear of the pin being lost is obviated.

Having thus described -my invention, what I claim is f 1. A hat pin for ladies hats comprising a shankhaving its upper endforming a spiral and-its lower end terminating into cone shaped convolutions or spirals, plates secured to the lnterior and exter1or of the V crown of the hat rotatably receiving the shank, said spirals at the upper and lower ends of the shankengaging the plates for limiting and preventing vertical axial movement of the shank with relation to the hat, andmeans for rotating the shank and spiral in the hat and plates. r

2. A hat pin for ladies hats comprising a pair of plates concave-convex in cross section adapted to be secured to the interior and exterior of a ladys hat, a pin including a vertical shank rotatably mounted between the plates and the crown of the hat, the upper and lower ends of said shank being coiled to provide convolutions and the terminal of the lower end of the wire being pointed to facilitate the embedding of the same in the'hair, said spirals at the upper and lower ends of the shank engaging the plates for preventing vertical axial move" ment of theshank with relation thereto, and a manipulating member carried by the upper end of the shank to facilitate the rotation of the spiral into and out of engage ment withtlie hair.

3. A hat pinfor ladieshats comprising a single length of wire'bent to provide a ver- Copies of this patent may be obtained for 'tical shank, the upper and lower ends of the shank coiled to provide coils or convolutions and the point of the lower coil terminating into a hair engaging point, plates secured tothe interior and exterior of the hat and about the shank at their point of juncture with the shank, said spirals at the upper and lower ends of the shank engaging the plates for preventing vertical axial movement of the shank with relation to the plates, and a manipulating member secured to the upper end of the shank facilitating the rotation of the coils or spirals into and out of engagement with the hair.

a. A hat pin for ladies hats comprising a vertical shank, the upper and lower ends of the shank provided with cone shaped coils, the terminal of the lower coil terminating into a point, the lower coil, at the point of its conjunction with the lower end of the shank forming a horizontally disposed shoulder, concawrconvcx plates secured to the exterior and interior of the hat rotatably receiving the vertical shank, the .upper (3011 at the point of its con uiwtioii with the upper end of the shank forming a substantially horizontally disposed shank, a

manipulating member secured to the upper the shank which is connected to its respective spiral being extended laterally to provide a horizontal shoulder for preventing axial movement of the spiral in position through the crown of a hat, means surrounding the vertical shank on opposite sides of the crown of the hat for engagement with the horizontal shoulder for limiting the movement of the spiral shank vertically, and

the diameter of the shank being substantially as large as the diameter of the opening through the hat and crown plates to prevent lateral movement of the shank thereto.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. Soonnnnnrees, D. A. CHATER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O. 

